Planning the Use of the Earth's Surface

ISBN-13: 9783540553533 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 557 str.

Antonio Cendrero; Gerd Luttig; Fredrik C. Wolff

Opis

The purpose of this book is to analyse and discuss a series of topics related with environmental conservation, land-use planning and management and impact prevention as seen from the perspective of the Earth Sciences, but with an inte- grated, interdisciplinary approach. The contributions included in the book intend to give an overview of existing problems and trends and to point out certain lines along which work and/or actions will be par- ticularly needed in the near future. In short, they intend to show where we stand now with regard to those problems and in what direction we should move. Readers will find particularly useful the brief presentation of a variety of important environmental earth science top- ics, the description of the present state of the art and the suggestions for methodological approaches to solve different problems, as well as the guidelines for action presented throughout the book.

Spis treści

Planning the use of the Earth's surface: An overview.- Methods and approaches of environmental geology mapping: Meeting the planner's requirement.- Geoscientific maps for land-use planning — a review.- Computer-assisted methods for the construction, compilation and display of geoscientific maps.- Geomorphological hazards and environmental impact: Assessment and mapping.- Urban geology: Present trends and problems.- Landslide risk assessment and zoning.- Mapping and modelling quaternary depositional systems to assess groundwater pollution hazards in the glaciated Appalachian region, U.S.A..- Geoenvironmental units as a basis for the assessment, regulation and management of the Earth's surface.- Geochemistry and the environment.- Trace element maps and the regional distribution of human diseases.- Industrial minerals and rocks: Present trends in exploration, exploitation and use.- Mining potential of the inner continental shelf.- Earth science conservation in Europe present activities and recommended procedures.- Reclaiming areas degraded by mining operations.- Land-use planning and management in Brazil: A brief review of present experience and environmental problems.- Problems and approaches in environmental geology in Latin America: The Colombian experience.- The integration of environmental geology methods and concepts within the framework of a regional administration; the case of the Comunidad Valenciana, Spain.- Environmental geology in the United States: Present practice and future training needs.- Standards in environmental geology.- Guidelines for the organisation of an international postgraduate programme on earth science and environmental planning.- The IUGS commission on geosciences for environmental planning.- Synthesis and conclusions.